Núcleo Disca

Constanza López Radrigán, Marcela Tenorio Delgado y Claudia Verónica Montero Miranda

Points of interest: 

• The study shows how ableism (treating people unfairly because their body or mind is different) affects universities in Latin America.
• It includes 51 interviews with researchers and activists from different countries.
• Three barriers appear: closed university cultures, unfair workloads, and exclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.
• Participants said that unfair ideas and old habits make universities unequal.
• The authors suggest more accessible and inclusive ways to do research.

Notes:

• The following summary was made by Núcleo Milenio DISCA, and was based exclusively on the publication. Therefore, it cannot be used for citations and references.
• This article was originally published in English.

• Investigación inclusiva y participativa en discapacidad

López Radrigán, C., Tenorio Delgado, M., & Montero Miranda, C. V. (2026). “How likely are people with disabilities to be present?”: interviews on the ableist logic of Latin American academia. Disability & Society, 41(6), 1470–1490. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2026.2629889

https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2026.2629889